Question follow-through · 5245
Domestic Abuse: Family Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he intends to widen the protections in PD12J to all domestic abuse cases.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he intends to widen the protections in PD12J to all domestic abuse cases.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to reforming the Family Court in order to better support victims and survivors of domestic abuse.Practice Direction 12J (PD12J) applies in private law children’s proceedings where the court is considering where a child should l...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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